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Of 80 different nations that have appeared in the tournament, 13 have made it to the final, and 8 have won. Brazil, the only team that has participated in every World Cup, is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles and finished second twice. [5]
May 4, 2006 · World Cup history - France 1998. Zidane holds the World Cup high up in front of the home crowd. The 1998 World Cup was lit up by the best team France has ever produced. The final was woefully...
Jun 8, 2018 · The man leading the current French national team is Didier Deschamps, who captained the World Cup-winning 1998 squad.
Italy beat France 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup after an absorbing 1-1 draw in Berlin. Fabio Grosso scored the winning penalty after France's David Trezeguet missed.
The tournament featured France as the hosts, Brazil as the winners of the previous World Cup and 30 other teams who emerged from the qualification tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage.
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France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2024, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil.
Jan 1, 2024 · Les Bleus had failed to win a game at Le Tournoi, finishing behind England and Brazil on home soil; they had gone winless in consecutive friendlies against Norway, Russia and Sweden; and they...
